Bleeding

If school was a patient, I'd call a code. I just had a tearful good bye from my next  door neighbor just packed up all her stuff into a small truck for the short trip to load it on a boat and ship to St. Kitts. She's transferring and doesn't want to. The school is "bleeding" good people in financial trouble. She's leaving because she has run out of money and there are no loans in the immediate future for our students. I'm one of the lucky ones, but if this situation doesn't change quickly, if there isn't a bandage for this arterial ooze, this patient is dead, and any attempt at resuscitation is a futile.  We aren't on the brink yet, but we are mighty close. Off to the food store for provisions for the week.